An Act to Enable the Commissioners
of Yancey County to Levy a Special Tax to Extend the Public School
in Burnsville School District.

1895 Public Laws: Chapter
371

Public Laws and Resolutions
of the State of North Carolina Passed in 1895 - Page 417.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1. That upon presentation of a petition signed by
twelve citizens of said, district the board of commissioners
of said county shall order an election to submit the question
of a special tax for the purpose of said school to the qualified
voters of said district.

Sec. 2. That notice of said election shall be posted for a
period of thirty (30) days at the court house in Burnsville before
said election.

Sec. 3. That said election shall be appointed and held in
the same manner as elections for members of the general assembly.

Sec. 4. That all votes cast in said special election shall
be by written or printed ballots, and those voting for said special
tax shall have written or printed on their ballots the words
"for special tax," and those voting against it the
words "no special tax." If a majority of the votes
cast shall be in favor of said special tax, then it shall be
levied; said tax not to exceed thirty cents (30) on the one hundred
dollars ($100) of the taxable property of said district, no more
than forty cents (40) on each poll in said district.

Sec. 5. That said tax shall be collected by the sheriff of
said county and paid to the county treasurer, to be paid out
to teachers of the public schools of said district on the order
of school committeemen as other public school funds are paid
out.

Sec. 6. That said special tax shall be levied each succeeding
year at the rate agreed upon at the first election until voted
down by the qualified voters of said district: Provided, that
the same may be continued at a higher rate than that first agreed
upon should the qualified voters of said district so vote for
it.

Sec. 7. This law shall be in force from and after its passage.

Ratified the 9th day of March, A.D. 1895.

Elias Carr, Governor
Rufus A. Doughton, Lt. Governor and President of the Senate
Zebulon Vance Walser, Speaker of the House of Representatives

State of North Carolina,
Office of Secretary of State,
Raleigh, May 23rd, 1895.

I, Octavius Coke, Secretary of State, hereby certify that the
foregoing (manuscript) are true copies of the original acts and
resolutions on file in this office.